Improvement in fertilizer-distributer, corn and cotton-seed planter



R.- yBROOKS., PQl-alntertan-dl Fertilizer. t y No. 102,910. l Patented MaylO, 17870.l

bLPETERS, PHOTO-UTNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. DV CA @stent l RHODOM M. BROOKS, or woonurnr,A GEORGIA.

` l Letters P atent No.`102,91 0 dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT :itTERTILIZERLDISTRIBUTER, comev ANDv COTTON-snub PLANTER.

i Tfhelschedle referredto thse Letters Patent' and making part of the same..

To all f whom tt may verleent@ Bel-it known 1 that `I, RnoDoM Mbnooxs, lot' -Woodbury,f1n the county'of Meriwether and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new. and

useful Improvements in Combined FertilizerfDistrib-- `ileclarethat the followingjis a full, clear, aud'exact description thereof, reference being had to -theaccompanying drawings andito the letters of refer# fence marked thereon making a part of this specificatien. l

The nature ofnly invention consists in ythe construction and arrangementfof a device to be attached to a plow for the purpose of distributing fertilizer, `planting'coru, cotton-seed, &c. In order to enable othersfskilled in the ait to which my invent-ion appert-ainspto make and use the saine, I will nowproceedto describe its construction and operrtion, referring to the annexed drawings, `iu `w nc 1 Figure 1 is aside elevation of. a plow, wit-h my de' vice attached thereto;`

'Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical `s y fertilizer oncOttOn-Seed hopper; and

j "Eigureiii is a bottom view ot' the corn-druppel' attahhrnent.

- .At represents the plow-Main; B, the shank; and i Y `G Q;=he handles of a plow-constructed in any ofthe known and usualivays. i To the rear side of' the shank B is attached a. hopi per, D, by nieans of a screw or bolt 4passing through the upper lendfofitheishank, andinto the hopper, -while `the lowerY end of the hopper is, inserted into and held by a bent. bar or loop, a., att-ached at a suitable poiuton the shank B. `'.lhelhopper D is square at top, and tapers gradually toa focusat thelowerend, which vis placed so as toheclose to the ground. i u".the. 4'upper end `of the hopper D is4 a crossdirect-ions. i

and a` bar, f, pivotedltoit, which bars ff extend downward through the hopper, and are provided with warmst i, inrzigzag forni, as shown in fig. 2.

'.lhese armani' course, graduallydiminish in length,

'toicorresp'ond with the taperingvform of the hopper.' i From the shaft b `projects another forked arm, d, inthe outer end of lWhichlis pivoted the upper curved end ot' a pitman, E, the lower endv of the same .being placed on awrist-pinonthe side of agauge-wvheel, G, which is attached toand adj usted ou the side of the plow-beam A, aswill be hereinafter fnllly'set forth.

l When the plow is iu motion, the wheel G runs on the ground `in advance' of the plow, giving motion to thepitman E, and rocking the shaft l1, causing the u ter, Corn and Cotton-seed Planter; and do hereby-` ection. of the shaft, b, having two arins, fe e, extend-ing in opposite Each of these bal-sis* forked `at `its outer eud,`

bars f f within the hopper Dto move up and down alternately; that is, one moves upand the otherdown' at the same time, thereby agitating the fertilizer,` and pushing it out through the lower end of the hopper.

The length of the stroke of the bars f f is readily regulated by changing the pivot-point of the. pitman E to the arm d, thereby also regulating ythe amount of fertilizer to lie-distributed at each stroke.

When it is desired Ato plant corn at the same time', then a corn-hopper, H, is attached to the rear `side of the fertilizer-hoppen D, and another pit-man, I, at

tached to the pitinan E at a suitable point, the pit-` lman I being pivoted to an arm, h, extending from the corn-hopper slide J, and mov-ing in guides m m on the side of the fertilizer-hopper D.

"By this arrangement, the fertilizer is distributed and the corn planted at thc-same time, and all operated bythe revolution of the wheel G. W'hen desired to plantcotton-seed, the corn-hopper -lil` is of. course dispensed with, andthe hopper D alone used. In this case, l may attach another hopper, of similar construction to the' hopper D, allowing oneI bar, f, to operate in each hopper. f

The gauge-wheel G is pivoted tothe front end of a bar, K, which, at or about its center, is pivoted to the plow-beam A, audits rear end'enlarged and no tched,

as seen in fig..l. A pin is inserted into the beam A throughone of these notches, to hold the wheel'G in position.

By taking out the pinand turning thebarK ou its pivot, the wheel G may be adjusted so as to gauge the plow to work deep or-shallow, tis-desired; and, by f inserting thepin again after setting the wheel, it isv held firmly in its place.

Having thus fully described uly invention,

What I claim as new, 'and desire to ysecure by Let-v ters Patent, is\- 1. The bars ff,'provided with arms i Ii, and operating within thehopper D, alternately, in opposite directions, up and down, substantially as and for thepurposes herein setfforth.

2. In combination with a plow, the hopper l), Vwith its 4alternately-operating bars f f, pitrnan E, wheel G,

and bar' K, all constructed and arranged to 4operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth. i

3. The arrangement of the' hopper D and pitman E, with the corn-hopper H, slide J, arm hand pitman I,

purposes herein set Vif'ituesses:4

A. N. Menu, 0.1i. EVERT. 

